A quick round up for this week:
9 Aug – Wasp spider – four in the dunes between Public hide and North Wall – please watch where you walk9 Aug – Spotted redshank – 19 on East & South Scrapes 9 Aug – Avocet – 420+ on East Scrape9 Aug – Little ringed plover – two on East Scrape 9 Aug – Dunlin – 40+ on the Scrape9 Aug – Black-tailed godwit – 230+ on East Scrape9 Aug – Green sandpiper – four on East & West Scrape, one on Konik Field9 Aug – Common sandpiper – nine on the Scrape 9 Aug – Sandwich tern – 2 offshore9 Aug – Common tern – 2 offshore9 Aug – Bittern – regular at Bittern Hide & Island Mere 9 Aug – Marsh harrier– seven from Bittern Hide9 Aug – Bearded tit – 11 juveniles at West Scrape, pair on East Scrape9 Aug – Ringed plover – one on South Scrape 9 Aug – Little gull – 30 on South Scrape9 Aug – Greenshank – four on West Scrape 9 Aug – Ruff – 12 on East Scrape9 Aug – Wood sandpiper – four on West Scrape9 Aug – Cuckoo – one by Sluice9 Aug – Arctic skua – two offshore9 Aug – Golden plover – one on East Scrape 9 Aug – Willow warbler – three by visitor centre8 Aug – Curlew sandpiper – one on East Scrape8 Aug – Hobby – one at Island Mere
We've also had great views of the 'Digger Alley' spectacle of bees, butterflies and digger wasps, and a juvenile tawny owl perched by the South Belt crossroads